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Jacob Pins from West Des Moines, Iowa, has introduced his intention to swim and examine on the College of Kentucky starting within the 2024-25 college yr.
“I’m excited to announce my verbal dedication to proceed my educational and athletic profession on the College of Kentucky. I want to thank my household and buddies for all of their help. Additionally, because of all of my coaches, previous and current together with Greg Temple, Scott Cameron, Donald Spellman, Shawn DeBoef, and Ethan Johnston for all of their steering. GO CATS! 🐱🤍💙 #BBN”
A junior at Valley Excessive College, Pins trains year-round with the membership workforce Des Moines Swim Federation and specializes primarily within the 1000/1650 free, though he additionally enjoys racing backstroke and dash free. We acknowledged him as being among the many “Better of the Relaxation” distance swimmers on our Method Too Early listing of high recruits from the highschool class of 2024.
In 2022, the then-sophomore gained the five hundred free (4:26.30) and got here in fifth within the 200 free (1:41.71) on the Iowa Excessive College Boys’ State Championships. That’s an enormous enchancment from his freshman season, when he had positioned fourth within the 500 (4:38.64) and eleventh within the 200 (1:44.48), with PBs in each occasions.
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Two weeks after highschool states, Pins competed on the 2022 Iowa LSC Quick Course Championships the place he clocked PBs within the 1000 free (9:08.50), 100/200 again (54.60/1:54.40), and 400 IM (4:06.14) and gained the five hundred/1000/1650 free. That was a pleasant tee-up for his first lengthy course meet at Nice Prairie Sectionals a number of weeks later. There, he kicked off the season with PBs within the 200 free (1:57.60), 400 free (4:06.18), 800 free (8:26.00), and 1500 free (16:13.75). He lowered all 4 of these instances at Speedo Junior Nationals on the finish of the summer time, ending the meet within the top-20 of the 400/800/1500 and with LCM bests of:
200 free – 1:55.87
400 free – 4:00.48
800 free – 8:18.90
1500 free – 15:54.29
Most just lately, Pins competed at Winter Juniors West within the 200/500/1650 free. He positioned fourth within the mile because of a drop of practically 18 seconds and clocked a PB within the 1000 free on his first 40 laps of the 1650.
Greatest SCY instances:
1650 free – 15:05.72
1000 free – 9:08.33
500 free – 4:26.30
200 free – 1:39.93
Pins will be a part of the UK class of 2028 with #10 Chase Swearingen. The Wildcats’ distance group is younger, led by sophomore Nick Caruso, freshman Levi Sandidge, junior Zane Rosely, and fifth-year Adam Rosipal. Pins’ greatest mile time would have scored 14th at SEC Championships final season, simply forward of Rosely. It took 4:20.76 to get a second swim within the 500.
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Thanks to a dominant offensive performance from every position across the net, No. 12 Kentucky picked up a 3-1 victory over No. 24 Missouri Wednesday night in Columbia (25-19, 25-14, 23-25, 25-20) to capture the SEC Title outright for the second-consecutive season.
As they’ve done for much of the season, the Cats once again turned to their superstar sophomore to deliver under the brightest lights as DeLeye recorded a match-high 19 kills on an impressive .359 clip. She also picked up five service aces in the winning effort and rattled off a 5-0 service run to bring the Cats back within a point and kickstart a comeback after trailing by as many as six in the fourth and final set.
DeLeye wasn’t doing it by herself against the Tigers, however, as Megan Wilson (13) and Brooke Bultema (11) also eclipsed double figures in the match. Rounding out the scoring was Jordyn Dailey, who finished with nine kills on a .750 hitting percentage and Erin Lamb, who finished with eight terminations.
Kentucky was paced by senior setter Emma Grome who dished out a match-high 54 assists as the Cats hit .377 as a team.
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On the back line Eleanor Beavin led the way with 15 digs and a pair of service aces. Molly Tuozzo added 14 digs to go along with four assists and a service ace, Grome finished with eight digs, Wilson had six, and DeLeye had five.
Dailey led the defensive effort at the net with four rejections. Grome added three, Wilson had a pair, and Bultema and DeLeye each totaled one.
With the victory, Kentucky concludes the regular season with a 20-7 overall record and a 14-2 mark in the SEC and are currently riding an 11-match winning streak. With no matches left to play, the Cats claimed the SEC Title outright and the NCAA Tournament’s automatic qualifier over Texas, who currently sits in second place with three losses and a match still left to play. With the regular season concluded, Kentucky now awaits their NCAA Tournament berth as the 2024 NCAA Volleyball Selection Show airs Sunday evening at 6:00 pm ET. The top-16 seeded teams named by the committee will host the First and Second Rounds next weekend on campus.
Kentucky football lost a 2025 wide receiver when recruit Ja’kayden Ferguson re-opened his recruitment in mid-November. Now, they have gained a commitment from top 500 receiver Dejerrian Miller to take the open spot.
Miller is a 6’3″, 195 lb receiver out of Missouri. He is rated four stars, and is ranked as the number 379 overall player in the 2025 class in the 247sports composite rankings. He is the 53rd ranked receiver in the class.
Eight options to replace coach Mark Stoops
Coach Mark Stoops and his staff have put together a solid recruiting class for 2025 so far. It’s currently ranked 25th in the country, though it is the 13th best class of the 16 teams of the SEC.
Miller joins Quintin Simmons Jr., Preston Bowman, and Montavin Quisenberry as wide receivers who are committed to Kentucky for 2025. Miller’s size should be an advantage for him as he looks to find playing time. It’s good get for the Wildcats and Stoops, who continues to bring in quality players at the receiver position.
EASTERN KENTUCKY (WYMT) – On Wednesday, President Joe Biden declared that a major disaster exists in Kentucky.
As a result, President Biden ordered federal assistance to supplement recovery efforts. This is locally as well as statewide following the damage left behind by the remnants of Hurricane Helene.
In a news release, federal funding will be available to eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations. This will be on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by the remnants of the hurricane.
This includes many counties in our area: Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Harlan, Jackson, Johnson, Lawrence, Lee, Letcher, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan, Owsley, Powell, Rockcastle, Rowan, and Wolfe.
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In the announcement, it said federal funding will also be available on a cost-sharing basis for hazard mitigation measures for the entire state of Kentucky.
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